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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students experience a positive science experiment and study fundamental concepts of measurement. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students review the basic concepts and procedures involved in measuring length, weight, and volume. They practice measuring by completing a variety of fun activities and experiments. They practice converting from one unit to another. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students are able to measure various objects using English and metric systems within half of the smallest unit of the measurement device. Students identify units of length, volume, mass and temperature according to International System of Units (SI) within half of the smallest unit of the measurement device. They determine surface area of that object with half of the smallest unit of the measurement device. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students work in small groups to complete a number of investigations in which they have to use measurement. They determine the fractional part of the newspaper that is used for news, sports, etc. They compare their height to their the measurement of their outstretched arms. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Student observes and measures the variability in the length of the forearm and the length of the foot and to test a common belief that the length of the foot is equal to the length of the forearm. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students examine and explore a variety of ways to measure length. They discuss how to measure large objects using the end-to-end method, and in small groups measure the length of the room using the end-to-end method with a nonstandard measuring tool. Next, students determine which ramp allows a toy car to travel the furthest and discuss their observations. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 3rd
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Students investigate the relationship between metric length measurement and English length measurement units. They watch a demonstration of the use of centimeter and millimeter rulers before practicing using the Ladder technique to measure items. Finally, they determine which units of measurement are the largest using both metric and English units of measure. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students work with measurements of length, area, and volume capacity of a liquid. They watch a teacher demonstration of both English and metric units before they estimate and take actual measurements of assigned items a three different work stations. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students recognize the difference between measuring and estimating. They complete a Measurement Scavenger Hunt to practice estimating and measuring various objects and lengths. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 11th
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Students explore units of measurement. They practice changing a measurement from one unit to the other, adding and subtracting units and choosing the appropriate unit for measurement of a variety of objects. Full Review »
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